Republic Day 2017: Complete list of Padma Vibushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri Awardees

Padma Awards - one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year. 

These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year. This year the President of India has approved conferment of Padma Awards to 89 persons as per the list below. The list comprises of 7 Padma Vibhushan, 7 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri Awardees.  19 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 5 persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and 6 Posthumous awardees.

 Nonogenarian Bhakti Yadav, popularly known as "Doctor Dadi" from Indore, and captain of Indian cricket team of blind Shekhar Naik are among the unsung heroes who were today named for Padma Shri. Dipa Karmakar, who finished fourth in artistic gymnastics at Rio Olympics last year, and gold medallist at Rio Paralympics Mariyappan Thangavelu also figured in the list of Padma Shri awardees. The focus of this year's Padma awards, according to the officials in the Home Ministry, was on recognising talent of unknown and unsung heroes of the country. Yadav, 91, is the first woman from Indore to hold an MBBS degree. She has been treating patients free of cost for the past 68 years and has helped deliver thousands of babies. Thirty-year-old Naik had led the India's cricket team of blind to victory in the first T20 World Cup in 2012 and ODI World Cup in 2014. He comes from a poor background and faced extreme hardship as he lost his parents at the age of 12.

Thangavelu, who won gold in Rio 2016, is a born fighter. He had suffered permanent disability in the right leg when he was run over by drunk bus driver.

His father had abandoned the family and he was raised by his mother who used to work as a labourer. Karmakar, the 23-year-old "Produnova Princess" from Tripura, practised on an apparatus made from second-hand parts of a discarded scooter. She is only the fifth woman in the gymnastic history to land a Produnova vault. Karnartka's Sukri Bommagowda, known as "Nightingale of Halakki", has been named for Padma Shri for performing tribal folk music for 58 years.

School dropout Jitendra Haripal, popular as "Rangabati ki Awaz", has been selected for Padma Shri for his contribution to Odhisa's most popular recorded song "Rangabati" and being a top exponent of Kosli-Sambalpuri music. Ela Ahmad, 81, from Assam has been selected for Padma Shri for running the only magazine for women in the northeast since 1970.

Check out the list below:

PADMA VIBHUSHAN

Sl. No

Name Field State

1.  Shri K J Yesudas Art-Music Kerala

 2.  Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Others-Spiritualism Tamil Nadu

 3.  Shri Sharad Pawar  Public Affairs  Maharashtra

 4.  Shri Murli Manohar Joshi  Public Affairs Uttar Pradesh 

5.  Prof. Udipi Ramachandra Rao  Science & Engineering Karnataka

 6.  Late Shri Sunder Lal Patwa (Posthumous) Public Affairs Madhya Pradesh 7.  Late Shri PA Sangma (Posthumous) Public Affairs Meghalaya 

Padma Bhushan 

Sl. No.

Name Field State

8.  Shri Vishwa Mohan Bhatt Art-Music Rajasthan

9.  Prof. (Dr.) Devi Prasad Dwivedi Literature & Education  Uttar Pradesh

10.  Shri Tehemton Udwadia  Medicine Maharashtra

11.  Shri Ratna Sundar Maharaj  Others-Spiritualism Gujarat 

12.  Swami Niranjana Nanda Saraswati  Others-Yoga Bihar

 13.  H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (Foreigner) Literature & Education  Thailand

14.  Late Shri Cho Ramaswamy (Posthumous)  Literature & Education – Journalism  Tamil Nadu

Padma Shri Awardees

15.  Smt. Basanti Bisht  Art-Music Uttarakhand

16.  Shri Chemanchery Kunhiraman Nair Art-Dance Kerala

17.  Smt. Aruna Mohanty Art-Dance Odisha

18.  Smt. Bharathi Vishnuvardhan Art-Cinema Karnataka

19.  Shri Sadhu Meher Art-Cinema Odisha

20.  Shri T K Murthy  Art-Music Tamil Nadu 

21.  Shri Laishram Birendrakumar Singh  Art-Music Manipur

22.  Shri Krishna Ram Chaudhary Art-Music  Uttar Pradesh

23.  Smt. Baoa Devi Art-Painting Bihar

24.  Shri Tilak Gitai  Art-Painting  Rajasthan 

25.  Dr. Prof. Aekka Yadagiri Rao  Art-Sculpture Telangana

 26.  Shri Jitendra Haripal  Art-Music Odisha

27.  Shri Kailash Kher  Art-Music Maharashtra

 28.  Smt. Parassala B Ponnammal  Art-Music Kerala 

29.  Smt. Sukri Bommagowda Art-Music Karnataka

30.  Shri Mukund Nayak  Art-Music Jharkhand

31.  Shri Purushottam Upadhyay Art-Music Gujarat

32.  Smt. Anuradha Paudwal  Art-Music Maharashtra 

33.  Shri Wareppa Naba Nil  Art-Theatre Manipur

34.  Shri Tripuraneni Hanuman Chowdary  Civil Service  Telangana

35.  Shri T.K. Viswanathan  Civil Service  Haryana
36.  Shri Kanwal Sibal Civil Service  Delhi
37.  Shri Birkha Bahadur Limboo Muringla  Literature & Education  Sikkim
38.  Smt. Eli Ahmed  Literature & Education  Assam
 39.  Dr. Narendra Kohli  Literature & Education Delhi
 40.  Prof. G. Venkatasubbiah  Literature & Education   Karnataka
 41.  Shri Akkitham Achyuthan Namboothiri Literature & Education  Kerala
42.  Shri Kashi Nath Pandita  Literature & Education  Jammu & Kashmir 
43.  Shri Chamu Krishna Shastry  Literature & Education  Delhi
 44.  Shri Harihar Kripalu Tripathi  Literature & Education  Uttar Pradesh 
45.  Shri Michel Danino Literature & Education Tamil Nadu 
46.  Shri Punam Suri  Literature & Education  Delhi
 47.  Shri VG Patel  Literature & Education  Gujarat 
48.  Smt. V Koteswaramma  Literature & Education  Andhra Pradesh
49.  Shri Balbir Dutt Literature & Education Journalism  Jharkhand

50.  Smt. Bhawana Somaaya Literature & Education Journalism  Maharashtra 
51.  Shri Vishnu Pandya  Literature & Education Journalism  Gujarat
52.  Dr. Subroto Das  Medicine  Gujarat
 53.  Dr. (Smt.) Bhakti Yadav  Medicine Madhya Pradesh

 54.  Dr. Mohammed Abdul Waheed  Medicine  Telangana

 55.  Dr. Madan Madhav Godbole  Medicine Uttar Pradesh 

56.  Dr. Devendra Dayabhai Patel  Medicine Gujarat

 57.  Prof. Harkishan Singh  Medicine  Chandigarh

58.  Dr. Mukut Minz Medicine Chandigarh
59.  Shri Arun Kumar Sharma Others-Archaeology Chhattisgarh
60.  Shri Sanjeev Kapoor  Others-Culinary Maharashtra 
61.  Smt. Meenakshi Amma Others-Martial Art Kerala
 62.  Shri Genabhai Dargabhai Patel  Others-Agriculture Gujarat 
63.  Shri Chandrakant Pithawa Science & Engineering Telangana
64.  Prof. Ajoy Kumar Ray  Science & Engineering  West Bengal
  65.  Shri Chintakindi Mallesham  Science & Engineering  Andhra Pradesh
 66.  Shri Jitendra Nath Goswami  Science & Engineering  Assam
 67.  Shri Daripalli Ramaiah  Social Work  Telangana
 68.  Shri Girish Bhardwaj  Social Work  Karnataka
69.  Shri Karimul Hak Social Work  West Bengal 
70.  Shri Bipin Ganatra  Social Work  West Bengal
 71.  Smt. Nivedita Raghunath Bhide Social work  Tamil Nadu
72.  Shri Appasaheb Dharmadhikari  Social Work  Maharashtra
73.  Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal  Social Work  Punjab
 74.  Shri Virat Kohli  Sports-Cricket Delhi 
75.  Shri Shekar Naik  Sports-Cricket Karnataka 
76.  Shri Vikasa Gowda  Sports-Discus Throw Karnataka 
77.  Smt. Deepa Malik  Sports-Athletics Haryana 
78.  Shri Mariyappan Thangavelu  Sports-Athletics Tamil Nadu 
79.  Smt. Dipa Karmakar Sports-Gymnastics Tripura
 80.  Shri P R Shreejesh  Sports-Hockey  Kerala 
81.  Smt. Sakshi Malik  Sports-Wrestling Haryana 
82.  Shri Mohan Reddy Venkatrama Bodanapu Trade & Industry  Telangana
83.  Shri Imrat Khan  (NRI/PIO) Art-Music USA
84.  Shri Anant Agarwal  (NRI/PIO) Literature & Education  USA 
85.  Shri H.R. Shah  (NRI/PIO) Literature & Education Journalism USA
86.  Late (Smt.) Suniti Solomon  (Posthumous) Medicine  Tamil Nadu 

87.  Shri Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya (Posthumous) Others-Archaeology West Bengal

88.  Dr. Mapuskar  (Posthumous) Social Work  Maharashtra 

89.  Smt. Anuradha Koirala (Foreigner) Social Work  Nepal